Advances in Human-Robot Handshaking

TL;DR

This paper reviews the current state of human-robot handshaking, emphasizing its importance in natural social interactions and discussing future directions for implementing this behavior in social robots.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of existing research on human-robot handshaking and explores potential future developments for physically interactive behaviors in social robots.

Findings

Handshaking is a key non-verbal interaction in social robotics.

Current research on robot handshaking is limited but growing.

Future work should focus on natural, adaptive handshaking behaviors.

Abstract

The use of social, anthropomorphic robots to support humans in various industries has been on the rise. During Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), physically interactive non-verbal behaviour is key for more natural interactions. Handshaking is one such natural interaction used commonly in many social contexts. It is one of the first non-verbal interactions which takes place and should, therefore, be part of the repertoire of a social robot. In this paper, we explore the existing state of Human-Robot Handshaking and discuss possible ways forward for such physically interactive behaviours.